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By Sarah Knight

£12.99

*From the 'anti-guru' author of the smash hit The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k and the New York Times bestseller Get Your Sh*t Together *

In The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k, our favourite 'anti-guru' Sarah Knight unleashed the power of saying no. In Get Your Sh*t Together, she prioritised the sh*t you need and want to do so you can achieve your hopes and dreams. Now she's back, doubling down on your happiness with her latest message: You Do You.

Being yourself should be the easiest thing in the world. Yet instead of leaning in to who we are, we fight it, listening too closely to what society tells us. You Do You helps you shake off those expectations, say f**k perfect, start looking out for number one and keep on with your badass self. From career and finances to relationships and family, lifestyle and health, Sarah Knight rips up the rulebook.

Writing about her mistakes and embarrassments in her own personal quest to 'do me' - because nobody gets everything right all day, every day - Sarah Knight shows why you can and should f**k up and teaches you to let yourself off the hook, bounce back and keep standing tall.

What everyone is saying about Sarah Knight:

'The anti-guru' Observer

'I love Knight' Sunday Times

'Life-affirming' Lucy Mangan, Guardian

'Genius' Vogue

Biographical Notes

Sarah Knight is the author of Get Your Sh*t Together,The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k - an international bestseller translated into fifteen languages and counting - and her new book You Do You, publishing in November 2017. Her TEDx talk 'The Magic of Not Giving a F*ck' has had over two million views. Her work has appeared in major print and online publications. After quitting her corporate job in New York to start a freelance career, she now resides in the Dominican Republic with her husband and a sh*tload of lizards.

Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @MCSnugzSign up for Sarah Knight's No-F*cks-Given Newsletter: tinyletter.com/sarahknightwww.sarahknightauthor.com

Other details

ISBN:
9781787470439

Publication date:
21 Nov 2017

Page count:
320

Imprint:
Quercus

I love Knight's book

— Sunday Times Magazine on The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

Life-affirming

— Guardian on The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

Changed my life . . . I wasn't alone - the book became an international bestseller — Vogue on The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

For practical and sweary self-help advice with no bloody lectures, Sarah Knight is the bollocks — Brigid Moss, The Pool

Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it. — Liz Jones, Mail on Sunday

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Authors:

Cate Woods

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Richard Wiseman

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Authors:

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Authors:

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Authors:

Katie Piper, Diane Piper

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Authors:

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Authors:

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Authors:

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